Pocket-box.



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, roGKET-BOX.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented sept. a, Arais.

Application `filed August 3, 1914. Serial- No:.854,647.

To all whom t may concern Be it knownthat I, I-sAAc' y1J.llZlAizcUsia lacitizen of the United States, residing in Richmond, in the county ofHenrico and State of Virginia, have invented a new and use-fulImprovement in Pocket-Boxes, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates in general to pocket boxes, and more particularlyto boxes adapted for the containing of tobacco and the like, which areintended to be carried in the hip pocket of the consumer, of the typeshown in my co-pending application Serial No. 842547, filed June 3,1914. Boxes adapted to be carried in the hip or other pocket are mostconvenient when of reniforin shape and boxes ordinarily constructed ofthis shape are provided with covers pivoted along the convex oroutwardly bulging sides. Such an arrangement causes the cover to standoutwardly from the box horizontally, in position to be readily bent ortorn away should it 'all to the floor while open or should an objectfall upon,it. The cover when so placed requires that the contents of thebox be poured from one end of the open side because the inward curvingof the concave side'tends to deliver the contents at two points eachadjacent an end. The cover itself in those boxes prevents pouring thecontents from the convex side.

A principal object of the present invention is the provision of a box ofthis kind wherein the cover may be hinged along the concave or inwardlybent side so that when the cover is open the contents of the box may bepoured over the convex side which due to its shape causes the deliveryto be confined to a single central location and wherein the cover whenopen will be as close to the box as is possible in structures of thisform, the parts being so constructed and arranged that the cover, inopen position, will extend vertically upwardly.

It is the further object of my invention lto provide a box of this typewhich will be strongly built and eliicient and durable in operation andwhich will require only a single centrally disposed hinge to form thepivotal connection between the cover and body.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will be apparent as it isbetter understood from the following description when considered inconnection with the acf ferred einbodimenteth-ereof.

companying drawing illustrating a pre- @nr'the drawing, Figure 1 is aperspective view of a pocket box embodying my invention taken from therea-r and at one side; Fig. 2 is a front elevation showing the cover inclosed position; Fig. 3 is a front elevation of said cover; Fig. 4 is arear elevation of the saine; Fig. 5 is a top plan view of the cover; andFig. 6 is a top plan view of the box with the cover in open position.

On the drawings an ordinary tobacco box 7 consisting of a body ofreniform crosssectional shape is shown and is provided with a cover 8having a downwardly depending flange 9 adapted to embrace the upper oropen end of said body. This cover is hinged at l0 to the center of theconcave or inwardly extending side of the body and cover. The hinge 10consists of a pair of lips 11 formed on one of the parts, preferably onthe cover and the lip 12 disposed between them and formed on the otherpart, a suitable pivot pin 13 being provided. In order that the covermay open I cut away the material of the flange 9 as seen at 14E to theshape of the outer surface on the concave side of the body so that whenthe cover is in elevated position the rear flange of the cover restsagainst the body as seen in Fig. 6. This cut away portion extends fromadjacent the hinge to adjacent the ends of the cover and provides acurved surface at the lower edge of the rear portion of the flange ofthe cover corresponding in configuration with the coniiguration of theconcave side of the reniform body. A suitable shoulder 15 is provided onthe front of the body for the flange 9 to rest against when closed. Thepeculiar curvature given the flange of the cover permits the cover toopen and close when the hinge is located as described, and this locationof the hinge holds the cover close to the body and sustains it insubstantially upright position when open so that it cannot protrudehorizontally from the box in position to be torn away should the box bedropped to the floor when the cover is open.

.It is thought that the invention and many of its attendant advantageswill be understood without Jfurther description and it is apparent thatvarious changes may be made in the form, construction and arrangement ofthe parts without departing from the Y Q Y 1,152,429

spirit and scope of the invention or sacriof the .back of the body, andthe lower edge icing any of its material. advantages, the of the flangeof the cover being cut away at form hereinbefore described being vmerelya each side of the hinge to conform to the preferred embodiment thereof.shape of the back of the body.

5 I claim: Y v Y Signed this 23rd day of July, 1914, in 15 VA sheetmetal pocket boX comprising a the presence of tWo Witnesses.

reniform body, and a flanged cover of corre- ISAAC J. MARCUSE.'spending' shape, the flange of the cover YVitnesses: closely embracingthe top end of the body EDWIN L. LEVY,

10 and being'hinged thereto at the concave part ERNEST H. SMITH.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for ve cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. C.

